exec Problem... su not possible?

[KriS]

Hi,

I'm quite new to php and now I have a problem.
I wrote a PHP Script to edit my ACL propherities for squid.
Now when I have finished editing them, I have to restart squid.
I would like to do this also via Web (PHP)....
but how? I don't want my Apache (user: wwwrun) to run as root.
but wwwrun can't start squid. Only user "squid" with pass "mypass" can start or stop squid. How can I do this?

"exec(su squid /etc/init.d/squid start)"
won't do cos it wants a pass for user squid?

Can anybody help me please?
So long

KriS

[WiZARD]

Hi,

I'm quite new to php and now I have a problem.
I wrote a PHP Script to edit my ACL propherities for squid.
Now when I have finished editing them, I have to restart squid.
I would like to do this also via Web (PHP)....
but how? I don't want my Apache (user: wwwrun) to run as root.
but wwwrun can't start squid. Only user "squid" with pass "mypass" can start or stop squid. How can I do this?

"exec(su squid /etc/init.d/squid start)"
won't do cos it wants a pass for user squid?

Can anybody help me please?
So long

KriS

Hi!
In this situation, i recommend create 2 script (i'm do that before, trying in Perl and PHP - worked), you may if you nanot do this in PHP you may do this in C/Bash shell.
first: login-script for root;
second: logout-script for root;

In PHP script you run first script, <UNIX command>, second script.

In BSDI and Solaris it's work.

[KriS]

Hi!
In this situation, i recommend create 2 script (i'm do that before, trying in Perl and PHP - worked), you may if you nanot do this in PHP you may do this in C/Bash shell.
first: login-script for root;
second: logout-script for root;

In PHP script you run first script, <UNIX command>, second script.

In BSDI and Solaris it's work.

Hi Wizard,

yeah but thats exacly my Problem...
how do I do "su" with a user that has a password, in a script?

Do you have any idea?

thx
So long

KriS

[WiZARD]

Hi!
In this situation, i recommend create 2 script (i'm do that before, trying in Perl and PHP - worked), you may if you nanot do this in PHP you may do this in C/Bash shell.
first: login-script for root;
second: logout-script for root;

In PHP script you run first script, <UNIX command>, second script.

In BSDI and Solaris it's work.

Hi Wizard,

yeah but thats exacly my Problem...
how do I do "su" with a user that has a password, in a script?

Do you have any idea?

thx
So long

KriS

You also may use sodo. Using this you may configure config for sodo....
Sorry, i dont remember how.... read man about sodo